CRIM 3654 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Routine Activity Theory
15 Jan 2015
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Cpted is to sort legitimate and illegitimate users of space because it acts on space instead of people. Disney land uses private sectors because the public police would be under restraints of public security law. New form of crime control focused not on criminals but on criminogenic situations. Systematization of the wide range of everyday, common sense practises. Clarke as three fundamental mistakes in modern criminology. First mistake was the problem of explanning of crime was confused with the problem of explaining the criminal. Problem of controlling crime and confused with the problem of controlling the criminal. Target specific crimes based on the assumption that each form is different. Each different crime asks for different actions or behaviours to prevent or protect from crime. Crime is situational- each crime is different based upon the situation. Theory draws from routine activity theory ; opportunity structure of crime. Motivated offender vulnerable target and absence of guardianship.
